13 h. ago Woman wins £142k in harassment case against GP who called her 'an old knacker'

Dr George Williams was said to have an "obsession" with Catherine Clark and her family.

Economics

15 h. ago Woman 'manifested' lottery wins after she used horoscope to 'guide her'

In what appears to be a blow to superstition sceptics, a woman from Maryland, US, won a jaw-dropping amount after she 'followed her hunch' and bought a lottery ticket based off her horoscope

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17 h. ago GP surgery manager wins £142k after gossiping boss called her 'an old knacker'

The doctor saw her colleague's family as a 'source of entertainment and gossip' and likened them to the Kardashians

Economics

8 d. ago Pensioner, 69, is charged with the murder of film director Jennifer Abbott in her Camden house

A 69-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of award-winning film director Jennifer Abbot in her Camden flat.

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8 d. ago The racial violence in Ballymena repeats a pattern that’s blighted Britain for years. We must wake up to that | Lanre Bakare

History tells us attacks on migrants are a predictable result of political failings, distorted media coverage and far-right opportunismIn early June, the violence began. Rumours of a foreigner assaulting a local woman resulted in groups roaming through a small British town, breaking windows of homes belonging to “outsiders”. A few days later, the police attempted to stop mobs from reaching another nearby multiracial area. Eventually they broke through, ransacking shops and burning down a house, while local media reported that the violence had developed into “something like a fever”.Sound familiar? This isn’t Ballymena, the County Antrim town in Northern Ireland that has seen several nights of unrest in which immigrant homes were attacked after reports of an alleged sexual assault on a local girl by two teenagers, who had a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. These incidents actually took place more than a century ago, during the summer of 1919, as racial violence spread thro...

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9 d. ago Revealed: How the troublesome Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII caused chaos for the royals for decades

Wallis Simpson , the woman who became Duchess of Windsor after King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry her, was born 129 years ago today.

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9 d. ago Man who 'cannot take no for an answer' climbed through window into woman's house

While being arrested Samie Ireland kicked, bit, and spat at police officers and threatened them that he knew where they lived

Politics

1 week ago Creepy Ring doorbell footage as woman 'watched through window by man pleasuring himself'

A woman has said she was watched by a man for hours as he 'pleasured himself' outside her home in Handsworth, Birmingham, before her brother confronted him and was allegedly attacked

Politics

1 week ago Woman wins £8k compensation payout over 'holiday row' with Scots charity

A judge ruled Lydia Magloire should be paid nearly £8,000 as compensation for "financial loss and injury to feelings" from Edinburgh charity Earth in Common.

Economics

2 w. ago Women's Prize for Fiction is 'greatest honour' as an intersex woman, says winner

The Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 went to Dutch author Yael van der Wouden for her debut novel, The Safekeep. The win, she says, is her "greatest honour" as an intersex woman

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2 w. ago Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘greatest honour’ as an intersex woman, says winner

Dutch author Yael Van der Wouden will receive £30,000 and a bronze statuette.

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2 w. ago Woman wins £2,000 after losing job because of war in Ukraine

She had worked for the company for two years

Economics

2 w. ago Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney review – a satisfying tale of memory and place

Stories within stories give fascinating depth to the prize-winning author’s third novel, about a woman’s return to her family home in the west of IrelandElaine Feeney’s third novel, following the success of her prize-winning debut As You Were and the Booker-longlisted How to Build a Boat, focuses on Claire O’Connor, a woman who has moved from London back to Athenry in the west of Ireland in the wake of her mother’s death. Her new life is disturbed when she finds her ex-partner Tom has moved in down the road. Or rather, that’s one thread in a story that becomes steadily more interesting than this simple set-up from the romance novelist’s playbook, as layers of family memory and trauma build up to form a portrait of the wider O’Connor family: all their history, the way it has shaped them and the traces it has left on the places around.Claire shows herself to be unusually attuned to the history of her home place, telling stories about nearby Thoor Ballylee, where Yeats lived; Lady...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award

The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writersBack in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London.Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood –...

Economics

3 w. ago Pregnant accountant wins £30k payout after her 'spiteful' boss cut her hours when she called in with morning sickness before she was sacked in 'sham' redundancy

A pregnant accountant has won more than £30,000 after her boss cut her hours and sacked her the day after she called in with morning sickness.

Economics

3 w. ago Fallon Sherrock announces break from darts in emotional statement: ‘I need to get myself well’

Sherrock became the first woman to win a World Championship match in 2019

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3 w. ago Queen of Ally Pally Fallon Sherrock quits darts for up to two years after worrying health update about her 'moon face'

The 'Queen of the Palace' has been a trailblazer for the sport since she became the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship in 2021.

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3 w. ago 'My neighbours hate me... but I don't care!': Woman at war with whole village over her 'HS2 tunnel' house wins bitter planning battle

EXCLUSIVE: A farmer whose controversial new Teletubby-style eco home caused her own tight-knit village to ostracize her for 'bringing HS2' to their idyll has finally won her planning battle.

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4 w. ago Florida woman accused of stealing family mementos from cemetery graves caught on camera

A Florida woman was arrested after being accused of stealing wind chimes from a grave site, which she admitted to having done before, police said.

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